Paris Design Week 2025

Silas Chermant and Aude Franjou at the Hôtel le Jardin de Verre by Locke

During Paris Design Week 2025, maison parisienne presented a unique two-part installation by designer Silas Chermant and textile artist Aude Franjou at the Hôtel le Jardin de Verre by Locke.

Through his collections of minimalist lighting fixtures, Silas Chermant combines contemporary design and artisanal expertise to create unique pieces that celebrate the beauty and durability of this local material, while highlighting the landscapes and techniques of French slate quarries.

Installed in the hotel lobby, the “Brut” lighting series from the Labasso collection blended perfectly into a setting already marked by contemporary design, subtly interacting with the architecture of the space, whose floor echoed the dark shades of the slate.

For the Hôtel Le Jardin de Verre by Locke’s first participation in Paris Design Week, the exhibition of works by Silas Chermant reflected the Locke group’s desire to support young creators while actively participating in the cultural life of the city of Paris.

Aude Franjou, a textile sculptor, works with linen thread using a coating technique that is entirely done by hand. This repetitive and masterful gesture creates a dense and sculptural material with organic shapes inspired by plants: roots, vines, corals.

Designed as an organic work in harmony with the neoclassical architecture of the site, the installation took the form of a monumental intervention: the hand-woven linen vines, in shades of deep red, contrasted with the greige of the cut stone and the metal ornaments of the balustrade on the ground floor of the manor house, with which they intertwined. Through this gesture, the artist introduced a living material into a heritage space, weaving a sensitive link between heritage, architecture, and contemporary creation.

This installation echoed the Coraux de la Liberté exhibition, an installation by Aude Franjou that maison parisienne presented from September 3 to 13, 2025, during Paris Design Week 2025. For the first time in its history, the July Column on Place de la Bastille was taken over by a contemporary installation.

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Pierre Renart at Longchamp

During Paris Design Week 2025, Pierre Renart’s eight Ruban leather chairs, designed in collaboration with Longchamp, were exhibited at the Longchamp boutique on Rue Saint-Honoré, in the heart of Paris’s 2nd arrondissement.

First presented in May 2025 at Longchamp’s flagship store in Milan during the world’s largest design event, these eight exceptional pieces, accompanied by the Wave leather bench, marked a turning point in Pierre Renart’s career. It was the first time the designer had combined wood and leather, a combination he had long dreamed of exploring.

It was also the first time that Longchamp had offered furniture for sale in one of its boutiques.